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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 8
Section 448 of 791
Canonical reference 10.8
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ εἰ ὅπου ἦν Σωκράτης, νῦν ἔστιν ἄλλος, οἷον Πλάτων’ ἀποθανόντος Σωκράτους, ἔστιν ἄρα τόπος. ὡς γὰρ τοῦ ἐν τῷ ἀμφορεῖ ὑγροῦ ἐκκενωθέντος καὶ ἄλλου ἐπεγχυθέντος λέγομεν ὑπάρχειν τὸν ἀμφορέα τόπον ὄντα καὶ τοῦ προτέρου καὶ τοῦ ὕστερον ἐπεμβληθέντος ὑγροῦ, οὕτως εἰ ὃν τόπον κατεῖχε Σωκράτης ὅτ’ ἔζη, τοῦτον ἕτερος νῦν κατέχει, ἔστι τις τόπος.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Furthermore, if where Socrates was there is now someone else, Plato for example, after Socrates has died, place therefore exists. For just as, when the liquid in an amphora has been emptied out and another poured in, we say that the amphora exists as the place both of the former liquid and of the one subsequently introduced, so if another now occupies the place Socrates occupied while alive, there is some place.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
En outre, si là où se trouvait Socrate se trouve maintenant un autre, par exemple Platon après la mort de Socrate, il existe donc un lieu. De même qu’après avoir vidé le liquide contenu dans une amphore et en avoir versé un autre, nous disons que l’amphore subsiste comme lieu du premier liquide et de celui qu’on y a ensuite introduit, de même, si un autre occupe maintenant le lieu que Socrate occupait de son vivant, il existe un lieu.
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